The Stupidest Thing In The World

THE STUPIDEST THING IN THE WORLD

Episode #6 of the documentary series Family Stories Untold.

Original title: MAAILMAN TYHMIN TEKO
Genre: Documentary
Year of Production: 2023
Country of Production: Finland
Duration of the film: 11 min.

Retired Hilkka married young, but noticed that her husband was a cheater. After the divorce, Hilkka decided to completely turn her life around, and set up her own rules for dating: one minus, and you're out. Her unpleasant childhood memories play their own part in her story.

FESTIVALS:
Weihnachtsfilmfestival, 2025

CREDITS

DIRECTOR
Catarina Diehl

SCREENWRITER
Catarina Diehl

PRODUCER
Tommi Seitajoki

CAST
Leena Uotila

CREW
Director of Photography - Tommi Seitajoki
Editor - Tommi Seitajoki
Sound - Pontus Borg

INTERNATIONAL SALES
Impressio Films

FINANCED BY
The Finnish Film Foundation
YLE
AVEK
Svenska kulturfonden
Konstsamfundet

Poster for the film 'Family Stories Untold,' featuring a collage of buildings with various windows showing different characters, and a black background with pink, red, and white swirl design elements.

An elderly woman with light brown hair holding a lit matchstick near her face. She is surrounded by three lit candles and warm lighting, with a salt lamp visible in the background.

A woman with blonde hair stands behind decorative snowflakes on a glass window, holding a cigarette near her mouth. A garden gnome with a red hat is visible in the bottom left corner.

A collage combining a vintage figurine of an angel with a drawn black and white background featuring a large explosion and abstract shapes.

A woman walking down a dimly lit hallway with wooden walls, decorated with colorful, irregularly shaped artwork, including a bat and pink and orange strips.